8/4/2000
8/4/2000
8/4/2000
Landmark information
- Location:
5622 Old Pony Express Trail, Cedar Grove - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
12/22/2022 - Date Most Recently Visited:
12/22/2022 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 45.000, W 120 36.674
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Sportsman's Hall
This was the site of Sportsman's Hall, also known as Twelve-Mile House. The hotel operated in the late 1850's and 1860's by John and James Blair. A stopping place for stages and teams of the Comstock, it became a relay station of the Central Overland Pony Express. Here, at 7:40 A.M. April 4, 1860, pony rider William (Sam) Hamilton, riding in from Placerville, handed the express mail to Warren Upson, who, two minutes later, sped on his way eastward.